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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… half hour after nine. Prayers per Mr. Cooper. Mr. Weaver. I move that the pay of the army be considered. Otherwise, sad … It is gone almost all England over, and by this night's post It will be in Scotland. What consequence it may be of, … note. " Whitehall, Mar. 12. This day, the most noble Lord, Edward Lord Montague, went hence by water to the Hope, where …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… us not set up that we cannot find materials to make good. I hope we shall never see an Act of Council to resume the King's, Queen's, and Prince's lands. I have, indeed, some Bishop's lands. 8 If the. King be restored, I shall willingly restore the other. If the Protector had …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… a Bill were provided for the whole nation. Captain Baynes. I hope that you will provide for securing the peace of the … do no more but arraign our bibles. Lord Strickland and I were of the same opinion, and that it was of dangerous … at the amorous and obscene songs used in the court, (of Edward VI.) that he, forsooth, turned into English metre …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… well abroad. That will be a kind of countenancing of it. I desire a Committee may take the whole into consideration. Mr. Bacon. I am not of that opinion, that the Parliament need proceed … and the House adjourned itself accordingly. 5 Whitehall, post meridiem, at Three. The Committee attended for above an …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… had of his unfitness for their service; and desired Mr. Edward Turner, 3 a person of great abilities and fitness for … improper to read a Bill; and so ruled. Mr. Speaker. I desire to know what part of the Report which Mr. Grove made … appears among the counsel against the Regicides, as "Sir Edward Turner, Attorney to the Duke of York;" and on the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… 1656 Monday, December 15, 1656. A Private Bill read, but I was not there. This day his Highness conferred the honour … as to the crime. To that it cannot be said to be a law ex post facto. The law you are now to make, is but to the … all off by a law, or this person for them all, by a law ex post facto. It will not do your end. I am not satisfied that …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Burton 15 February 1658–9 Tuesday, February 15, 1658–9. I came late, and found a great many citizens at the bar, opening their great Petition, by Samuel Moyer. 1 I suppose most of them were Anabaptists. After Moyer had … dissolve them." See "Thurloe State Papers," vii. 617. Mr. Edward Bowles, an eminent Presbyterian minister, thus writes …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… 1 which was read the first time. Colonel Shapcott. I move that it be read the second time to-morrow morning; in … it must be done before you rise. Ordered. Mr. Secretary. I move that the explanatory Petition and Advice be now … and adjourned till three, upon the Bill of Assessments. Post Meridiem. Major-General Whalley. I move that the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of Thomas Burton 16 April 1657 Thursday, April 16, 1657, post meridiem. In the Council Chamber, his Highness gave the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Mr. Speaker took the chair at nine. Colonel Grosvenor. I took notice of a great number of people called Quakers, in … was directed to call in Thomas Moore, John Crook, and Edward Byllyng, three of the persons that signed the paper … House. "Thomas Moore being absent, the said John Crook and Edward Byllng were brought in to the bar, with their hats …